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IntelliDrive Safety Applications for Commercial Vehicles January 20, 2010
SLIDE 21: TRACK 7 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
We have developed a more detailed plan specifically for Track 7, commercial vehicles, with the
following goals. First, the plan needs to be responsive to the specific needs of the heavy
commercial vehicle industry and its stakeholders. And second, to conduct research to address the
technical and policy issues that are impeding the accelerated deployment of V2V for heavy
commercial vehicles. The Track 7 plan is organized similarly to the overall V2V plans with subtracks
to outline the major areas and milestones.
SLIDE 22: COMMERCIAL VEHICLE V2V RESEARCH TRACKS
These are the sub tracks of the commercial vehicle V2V plan.
Track 7a is the crash-scenario framework and this will, similarly as for light vehicles, determine
the V2V applicable crash scenarios relevant to heavy vehicles.
On Track 7b, we will be developing the heavy vehicle safety applications and determine the
overall benefits of these systems.
Track 7c will investigate heavy vehicle specific interoperability issues; for example, things like
communications between passenger vehicles and trucks, and antennae-height effects of
commercial vehicles.
Track 7d will explore commercial vehicle specific human factors and driver issues including, the
special driver workload requirements of commercial vehicle drivers, and ways to address in-cab
distraction.
Track 7e, planning and outreach, includes a number of meetings and workshops to coordinate
with stakeholders, and communicate the progress of the research.
Finally, Track 7f, on policy, is mainly a coordination track with other parts of IntelliDrive.
All of this work is leading up to a NHTSA regulatory decision in 2013.
SLIDE 23: CV V2V SAFETY APPLICATIONS RESEARCH PLAN
This is the timeline for the commercial vehicle V2V safety research plan. The majority of the
effort will be in Track 7b, and will involve developing commercial vehicle specific applications,
building prototype vehicles, conducting testing, and determining the safety benefits.
You will notice that there is a lot of coordination with the other parts of IntelliDrive in this plan,
especially with the light vehicle activities, since many of the issues involved are exactly the same
for both light vehicles and heavy commercial vehicles.
Like I said, all of this work is in support of a NHTSA regulatory decision in 2013. I would like to
point out that there are numerous opportunities in this plan for industry to partner with DOT
along the way in this effort to accomplish these important safety goals.
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